Seven of the top 10 global PC manufacturers — who represent more than 50% of the worldwide market share for PCs — have set goals to phase out PVC where viable alternatives are identified. This project will help identify those alternatives with the following activities:

Phase 1 — conduct a cradle-to-grave lifecycle assessment (LCA) of PVC and PVC-free alternatives, with emphasis on power cord applications and connectors.

Phase 2 — establish an understanding of electrical, mechanical, and safety aspects of PVC-free alternatives; and develop, manage and execute performance testing of different PVC-free alternatives.  The results from this project may for the basis for additional materiall assessment studies.

Minutes and presentations
(All files are PDFs unless otherwise noted)

iNEMI PVC Alternatives Project Proposal, Scott O'Connell (Dell Inc,), October 22, 2008

iNEMI Telecon Meeting Minutes, November 6, 2008

iNEMI Telecon Meeting Minutes, November 20, 2008

iNEMI Telecon Meeting Minutes, December 4, 2008

iNEMI Telecon Meeting Minutes, December 18, 2008

iNEMI Project Materials Matrix (Excel), December 7, 2008

PE Americas/PE International - List of PVC-Related Projects

Steps for joining the project
On October 9, 2009, the iNEMI Technical Committee approved the SOW and Project Statement, thus beginning the corporate sign-up period for this project.  The project will officially begin as soon as two iNEMI members sign the project statement. The period for becoming a founding member for this project closed on December 9, 2009.

      For iNEMI members:

• Complete and sign the project statement
• Fax the completed statement(s) to +1 (703) 834-2735 or scan and email to infohelp@inemi.org

      For non-members:

• Discuss annual membership fees with Bill Bader in North America (bill.bader@inemi.org), Haley Fu in Asia (haley.fu@inemi.org), or Grace O'Malley in Europe (gomalley@inemi.org)
• Complete the iNEMI membership documents. (Click here for the required forms.)   
• Fax the completed documents to +1 (703) 834-2735 or scan and email to infohelp@inemi.org
• Complete and sign the project statement
• Fax the completed statements to +1 (703) 834-2735 or scan and email to infohelp@inemi.org

Statement of Work and Project Statement (PDF files)

Statement of Work (Version 3.0, October 12, 2009)

Project Statement (Version 3.0, October 12, 2009) (initial sign up ended December 9, 2009)